The form
of pleading was first found in paradise when the first man was questioned
about the crime of disobedience. When the Lord questioned him about the
report of the crime or of use he transfered the guilt to his wife by
asserting "The wife whom you gave to me handed it to me and I ate it."
Finally in the Old Testament we learn that Moses stated in his law that "In
the testimony of two or three witnesses one may find the truth."